The Year of Our Lord 1917

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct Born Cahal Brendan Daly † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland

3 Oct Born Enrique Pélach y Feliú † Bishop Emeritus of Abancay, Peru

9 Oct 65.4 Died Domenico Taccone-Gallucci † Bishop Emeritus of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy

10 Oct 53.6 Ordained Bishop Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon † Titular Bishop of Modra Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France

Born Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos † Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

11 Oct Born José d’Angelo Neto † Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

12 Oct Born Matthieu Kanyama † Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

13 Oct Born Michael Joseph Green † Bishop Emeritus of Reno, Nevada, USA

14 Oct 22.5 Ordained Priest William Joseph Condon † Priest of Spokane, Washington, USA Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA

23.9 Ordained Priest Antonio Ildefonso dos Santos Silva, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Silva Porto, Angola

44.8 Ordained Bishop Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Paphus Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion

16 Oct 65.4 Appointed Pietro Gasparri † President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

18 Oct 53.6 Ordained Bishop Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Tentyris Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

49.8 Ordained Bishop Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. † Titular Bishop of Lydda Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick

47.5 Appointed Luigi Sincero † Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Born Boleslaw Lukasz Taborski † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland

21 Oct 52.5 Installed Giuseppe Bertazzoni † Bishop of Massa Carrara, Italy

Born José Joaquim Gonçalves † Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil

22 Oct 77.6 Died Jordan Zaninović, O.P. † Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

23 Oct 37.9 Confirmed Kassian Haid, O. Cist. † Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

54.3 Ordained Bishop Denis Matthew Lowney † Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Born Jorge Martínez Martínez † Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

26 Oct 83.3 Died Johannes Anton Hoffmann, O.F.M. Rec. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Shansi {Scian-Si Meridionale}, China

Born [Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian], O.F.M. † Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China

27 Oct Born Augustine Harris † Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain

28 Oct 22.5 Ordained Priest José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz † Priest Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

44.9 Ordained Bishop Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo † Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador

30 Oct 45.3 Appointed Emmanuel John Bidwell † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

45.3 Appointed Emmanuel John Bidwell † Titular Bishop of Miletopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

48.2 Appointed William Lewis Keatinge † Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military

48.2 Appointed William Lewis Keatinge † Titular Bishop of Metellopolis Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military

31 Oct Born Edward William O’Rourke † Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

Born Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría † Bishop Emeritus of Maturín, Venezuela

1 Nov 22.2 Ordained Priest Antonio Ignacio Camargo † Priest Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

2 Nov Born Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

47.3 Appointed Zygmunt Konstanty Antoni Łoziński † Bishop of Minsk, Belarus Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus

81.8 Appointed Stanislaw Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz † Titular Archbishop of Nacolia Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

3 Nov 79.3 Died Joaquín Beltrán y Asensio † Bishop of Ávila, Spain

50.6 Appointed Amedeo Casabona † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy

Born Amilcare Pasini † Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

4 Nov Born Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Mathias Sebastião Francisco Fernandes † Bishop of Mysore, India

10 Nov 59.2 Appointed Charles O’Sullivan † Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

41.6 Appointed Luca Piergiovanni † Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy

38.0 Appointed Simone Lorenzo Salvi, O.S.B. † Abbot of Subiaco, Italy

13 Nov 41.5 Appointed Ewen (Hugh) Cameron † Coadjutor Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect

41.5 Appointed Ewen (Hugh) Cameron † Titular Bishop of Usula Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

57.9 Appointed José Gregorio Castro Miranda, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Clazomenae Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

57.9 Appointed José Gregorio Castro Miranda, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

57.9 Resigned José Gregorio Castro Miranda, O.F.M. † Bishop of Cuzco, Peru Bishop Emeritus

40.4 Appointed John Mark Gannon † Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

40.4 Appointed John Mark Gannon † Titular Bishop of Nilopolis Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

15 Nov Born Gerardus Henricus De Vet † Bishop of Breda, Netherlands

Born Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. † Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India

22.7 Ordained Priest Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. † Priest of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon

16 Nov 43.6 Ordained Bishop Henry Grey Graham † Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

Born Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire

17 Nov 55.3 Appointed Luigi Ferretti † Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy

53.8 Appointed Jean-Paul Forbes, M. Afr. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda

53.8 Appointed Jean-Paul Forbes, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Vaga Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda

19 Nov Born Giuseppe Marafini † Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy

Born Sylvester William Treinen † Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA

20 Nov 41.5 Resigned Ewen (Hugh) Cameron † Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect

41.5 Resigned Ewen (Hugh) Cameron † Titular Bishop-Elect of Usula Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

23 Nov Born Ignatius Jerome Strecker † Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

24 Nov 50.0 Appointed Patrick Joseph Hayes † Vicar Apostolic of Military, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

25 Nov Born Luigi Poggi † Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive

26 Nov Born Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. † Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

53.4 Appointed Antonio María Pueyo de Val, C.M.F. † Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

27 Nov 50.0 Installed Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick

57.1 Appointed Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel † Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

28 Nov 71.1 Appointed Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive

29 Nov 74.2 Appointed Nicolò Marini † Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus

30 Nov 27.6 Ordained Priest Daniel Henrique Hostin, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

60.2 Appointed Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte † Titular Bishop of Berissa Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France

60.2 Resigned Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte † Bishop of Le Mans, France Bishop Emeritus

65.4 Died Adolphe Le Chaptois, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania

1 Dec Born Antônio Pedro Misiara † Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2 Dec Born Luciano Angeloni † Apostolic Nuncio

3 Dec Born Roberto Carniello † Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy

72.9 Died Federico González y Suárez † Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador

72.2 Died Luigi Piccardo † Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

4 Dec Born Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands

32.8 Ordained Bishop Bl. Iuliu Hossu † Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

5 Dec 43.0 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Cantwell † Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

25.9 Ordained Priest Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. † Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China

32.9 Ordained Priest William Francis O’Shea, M.M. † Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Heijo, Korea (North)

6 Dec Born Bernard Ferdinand Popp † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA

7 Dec 53.4 Appointed William Codd † Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

23.6 Ordained Priest Pierre-Paul Méouchi † Priest of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

8 Dec 45.4 Ordained Bishop Emmanuel John Bidwell † Titular Bishop of Miletopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

50.7 Ordained Bishop Amedeo Casabona † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy

9 Dec 49.7 Ordained Bishop Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Cardicium Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam

11 Dec Born Owen Noel Snedden † Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand

Born Heinrich Theissing † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Schwerin, Germany

12 Dec Born Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad

14 Dec Born Arthur Joseph O’Neill † Bishop Emeritus of Rockford, Illinois, USA

16 Dec 27.0 Ordained Priest Federico Callori di Vignale † Priest of Casale Monferrato, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana

Born Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas † Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay

17 Dec Born Joseph-Albert Malula † Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil

18 Dec 73.0 Died Petronio Francesco Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Allahabad, India

72.8 Died Pacifico Monza, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Troas

39.2 Succeeded Giuseppe Angelo Poli, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Allahabad, India Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec 57.6 Appointed Carlo Sica † Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

57.6 Resigned Carlo Sica † Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

21 Dec 44.9 Ordained Bishop Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan

56.4 Installed John Henry Tihen † Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA Bishop Emeritus

22 Dec 43.8 Appointed Francesco Cammarota † Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy

24.9 Ordained Priest John Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te) † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China

48.0 Solemn Vows Bl. Klymentiy Sheptytskyi, M.S.U. † Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch of Russia (Russian)

23.3 Ordained Priest Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki † Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

23 Dec 22.2 Ordained Priest Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian † Priest Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

Born [Bonaventura Luo Juan (Luo Jung)] † Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China

25 Dec Born Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono † Bishop Emeritus of Surabaya, Indonesia

27 Dec 63.7 Ordained Bishop Angelo Raffaele Bernacchioni, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Agra, India

Born Clément Ignace Mansourati † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

28 Dec 30.7 Ordained Priest Evarist Zhang (Chang) Zhiliang † Priest Vicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China

31 Dec 44.8 Died Michele Izzi † Bishop of Alatri, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct		Born	Cahal Brendan Daly †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
3 Oct		Born	Enrique Pélach y Feliú †		Bishop Emeritus of Abancay, Peru
9 Oct	65.4	Died	Domenico Taccone-Gallucci †	Bishop Emeritus of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy
10 Oct	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon †	Titular Bishop of Modra	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
	Born	Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †		Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
11 Oct		Born	José d’Angelo Neto †		Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12 Oct		Born	Matthieu Kanyama †		Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Oct		Born	Michael Joseph Green †		Bishop Emeritus of Reno, Nevada, USA
14 Oct	22.5	Ordained Priest	William Joseph Condon †	Priest of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA
23.9	Ordained Priest	Antonio Ildefonso dos Santos Silva, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Silva Porto, Angola
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
16 Oct	65.4	Appointed	Pietro Gasparri †	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
18 Oct	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Tentyris	Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
47.5	Appointed	Luigi Sincero †	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	Born	Boleslaw Lukasz Taborski †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
21 Oct	52.5	Installed	Giuseppe Bertazzoni †	Bishop of Massa Carrara, Italy
	Born	José Joaquim Gonçalves †		Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
22 Oct	77.6	Died	Jordan Zaninović, O.P. †	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
23 Oct	37.9	Confirmed	Kassian Haid, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Denis Matthew Lowney †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	Born	Jorge Martínez Martínez †		Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
26 Oct	83.3	Died	Johannes Anton Hoffmann, O.F.M. Rec. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Shansi {Scian-Si Meridionale}, China
	Born	[Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian], O.F.M. †		Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
27 Oct		Born	Augustine Harris †		Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
28 Oct	22.5	Ordained Priest	José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz †	Priest	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
44.9	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
30 Oct	45.3	Appointed	Emmanuel John Bidwell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
45.3	Appointed	Emmanuel John Bidwell †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
48.2	Appointed	William Lewis Keatinge †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military
48.2	Appointed	William Lewis Keatinge †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military
31 Oct		Born	Edward William O’Rourke †		Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
	Born	Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría †		Bishop Emeritus of Maturín, Venezuela
1 Nov	22.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio Ignacio Camargo †	Priest	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
2 Nov		Born	Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
47.3	Appointed	Zygmunt Konstanty Antoni Łoziński †	Bishop of Minsk, Belarus	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
81.8	Appointed	Stanislaw Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz †	Titular Archbishop of Nacolia	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
3 Nov	79.3	Died	Joaquín Beltrán y Asensio †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
50.6	Appointed	Amedeo Casabona †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
	Born	Amilcare Pasini †		Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
4 Nov		Born	Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Mathias Sebastião Francisco Fernandes †		Bishop of Mysore, India
10 Nov	59.2	Appointed	Charles O’Sullivan †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
41.6	Appointed	Luca Piergiovanni †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
38.0	Appointed	Simone Lorenzo Salvi, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
13 Nov	41.5	Appointed	Ewen (Hugh) Cameron †	Coadjutor Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
41.5	Appointed	Ewen (Hugh) Cameron †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
57.9	Appointed	José Gregorio Castro Miranda, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Clazomenae	Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
57.9	Appointed	José Gregorio Castro Miranda, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
57.9	Resigned	José Gregorio Castro Miranda, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
40.4	Appointed	John Mark Gannon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
40.4	Appointed	John Mark Gannon †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Nov		Born	Gerardus Henricus De Vet †		Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
	Born	Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
22.7	Ordained Priest	Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. †	Priest of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
16 Nov	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Henry Grey Graham †	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
	Born	Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
17 Nov	55.3	Appointed	Luigi Ferretti †	Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
53.8	Appointed	Jean-Paul Forbes, M. Afr. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda
53.8	Appointed	Jean-Paul Forbes, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Vaga	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda
19 Nov		Born	Giuseppe Marafini †		Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy
	Born	Sylvester William Treinen †		Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA
20 Nov	41.5	Resigned	Ewen (Hugh) Cameron †	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
41.5	Resigned	Ewen (Hugh) Cameron †	Titular Bishop-Elect of Usula	Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Nov		Born	Ignatius Jerome Strecker †		Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
24 Nov	50.0	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Hayes †	Vicar Apostolic of Military, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
25 Nov		Born	Luigi Poggi †		Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
26 Nov		Born	Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
53.4	Appointed	Antonio María Pueyo de Val, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
27 Nov	50.0	Installed	Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
57.1	Appointed	Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
28 Nov	71.1	Appointed	Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
29 Nov	74.2	Appointed	Nicolò Marini †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
30 Nov	27.6	Ordained Priest	Daniel Henrique Hostin, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
60.2	Appointed	Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte †	Titular Bishop of Berissa	Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
60.2	Resigned	Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
65.4	Died	Adolphe Le Chaptois, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania
1 Dec		Born	Antônio Pedro Misiara †		Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Dec		Born	Luciano Angeloni †		Apostolic Nuncio
3 Dec		Born	Roberto Carniello †		Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy
72.9	Died	Federico González y Suárez †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
72.2	Died	Luigi Piccardo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
4 Dec		Born	Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands
32.8	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Iuliu Hossu †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
5 Dec	43.0	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Cantwell †	Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
25.9	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China
32.9	Ordained Priest	William Francis O’Shea, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Heijo, Korea (North)
6 Dec		Born	Bernard Ferdinand Popp †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
7 Dec	53.4	Appointed	William Codd †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
23.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Paul Méouchi †	Priest of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
8 Dec	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel John Bidwell †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Amedeo Casabona †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
9 Dec	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cardicium	Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam
11 Dec		Born	Owen Noel Snedden †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
	Born	Heinrich Theissing †		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Schwerin, Germany
12 Dec		Born	Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. †		Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
14 Dec		Born	Arthur Joseph O’Neill †		Bishop Emeritus of Rockford, Illinois, USA
16 Dec	27.0	Ordained Priest	Federico Callori di Vignale †	Priest of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana
	Born	Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas †		Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
17 Dec		Born	Joseph-Albert Malula †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
18 Dec	73.0	Died	Petronio Francesco Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Allahabad, India
72.8	Died	Pacifico Monza, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Troas
39.2	Succeeded	Giuseppe Angelo Poli, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Allahabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	57.6	Appointed	Carlo Sica †	Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
57.6	Resigned	Carlo Sica †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan
56.4	Installed	John Henry Tihen †	Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22 Dec	43.8	Appointed	Francesco Cammarota †	Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy
24.9	Ordained Priest	John Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te) †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
48.0	Solemn Vows	Bl. Klymentiy Sheptytskyi, M.S.U. †	Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch of Russia (Russian)
23.3	Ordained Priest	Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki †	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
23 Dec	22.2	Ordained Priest	Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian †	Priest	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	Born	[Bonaventura Luo Juan (Luo Jung)] †		Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China
25 Dec		Born	Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono †		Bishop Emeritus of Surabaya, Indonesia
27 Dec	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Raffaele Bernacchioni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Agra, India
	Born	Clément Ignace Mansourati †		Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
28 Dec	30.7	Ordained Priest	Evarist Zhang (Chang) Zhiliang †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China
31 Dec	44.8	Died	Michele Izzi †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy

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